But....

There are always those days when I'd rather being doing anything other than housework!  Those are the days I make bargains with myself.  You know..."...if you just finish hanging this load of laundry, you can sit down with that glass of tea and read a blog or two..."

Welllllll....I guess there's something to be said for that sort of reward too! :-)

The second part of our assignment is to share a picture of a project we're working on.  I love projects!  Unlike housework, they often stay done for a while after you complete them.  Like this organization project that I did some time ago...

In an effort to clear shelves for our school books, I decided to move my children's picture book collection out to the hut...and, surprisingly, almost all of them fit into this little organizer thing that I found at the hardware store!

Cute, huh?  I love those roomy little boxes it has too.  I can throw all sorts of art supplies and stuff in them!  Best of all, it left me with this back in the house....

That's right!  A rare commodity - EMPTY BOOKSHELVES!!  Now you may think (as my dh would) that I will fill these two shelves and that will be the end of the bookcase story.  Au-contrare, I now must  reorganize the shelves by the school table to have this years books handy as we're schooling...then the books removed from there will inevitably be too many to fit where they should go...causing all of those books to have to find a bigger shelf...which misplaces the books that used to live there....which means they need a new home....

Yes...the infamous DOMINO EFFECT!

By the time I'm done, this little bookshelf will have lead to our entire library of books being re-arranged, the dvd cabinet cleaned up, the linen closet organized, my bedroom closet tidied and the children's rooms gone through.  Don't you just love home-management?  (Actually, I really do!)

Memory Verse: 1 Timothy 4:15 (NIV)
Be diligent in these matters; give yourself wholly to them, so that everyone may see your progress.